Adjustable support for shade-rollers.



W. J. WINAS.

ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT FOR. SHADE ROLLERS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.2, 1908.

909,269., Patented Jan. 12.1909.

NVE TOR STAT Parana car es.

WILLIAM J. WINAS, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

.AIDJU STABLE SUPPORT FOR ElHADE-ROLLEBS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed March 2, 1903. Serial No. iBfi H.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. Nines, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Adjustable Supports pair oi base plates 1) (1) to 'for Shade-Rollers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- T scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap v ertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to adjustable sup-5 ports'for shade rollers, one object being to provide a simple,

inexpensive and durable' device'or' such construction as to permit the j shade fixtures to be adjusted to support shade rollers of varying lengths.

Another object isport for both shadofixtures and curtain poles.

To these and other ends, therefore, my in-- vention consists in certain novel features and combinations oftparts, such as will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a lperspective view showing my nvention app ied to a window casing; Fig. 2 is a detail view of the curtain pole supporting arm; an Fig. 3 is an end view of one of the adjustable supports showing a curtain fixtureand a cur- I tam pole supporting arm.

Heretofore considerable work has been necessary in fastening the independent curtain fixtures to the window casing at such distance apart as to receive a shade roller of a certain length. Furthermore, it is customary for landlords to furnish shades and tures in place for the tenants, in order that the latter ma not have to'mar and injure the wood-worr by fastening fixtures at difierent points thereon to acconniodate diilerent lengths of shade rollers.

'My invention avoids the labor incident to correctly locating the individual shade fixtures and is adjustable to accommodate different lengths of shade rollers, thus avoiding the necessity of injuring the appearance, of the window casing. Another advantage is that the curtain pole su )ports are removably attached to the base plates and may be remoyed in case curtains are not used. A further advantage is that the curtain pole sup ports are adapted for either poles or the apertured extension rods in common use.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a l irorh the base-plate and the provision of a sup- 2 be fastened. at or near the opposite upper corners of a window casing (A). I prefer to place the base plates at the upper outer edges of the casing so that a'curtain sup orted on the pole will conceal the adjustabie fixture. The description of out of these plates and its associated parts will suffice for both.

The longitudinal'edges of the base plate (1) are bent over to form the ways or guides ("2) (2) adapted to slidingly receive the foot (3) of a curtain fixture l). The foot (3) carries a set or binding-screw (6), the end of which screw takes against releasably retain the fixture in any adjusted os ition. The fixture i) rejects outward the foot at rightangles thereto and sup 'orts one end of a shade roller in the usual manner. The fix tures (4) (4) slidingly adjustable toward and from each other in their respective baseplates will accommodate any of the usual engths of shade rollers without necessitating the removal of the ineans for fastening the base plates to the casing.

It 1s obvious that the base plates and fixtures are p'apable of use alone, but for convenience, I prefer to utilize the base plates as brackets for curtain pole or rod su ports.

' As one form of curtain pole or mil support, I may employ the arms (7) (7 which may be of any suitable construction, but I prefer to make themol heavy wire bent into an l.- shape. The vertically-extending supporting standard (8)0i' each arm is preferably flattened as at (9) and received in alined apertures (10) (10) formed in the respective upper and lower guides (2) (2) of each base p ate (1), whereby the arms are supported at two points and held stationary. These standards may serve as stops to limit the movement of the shade fixtures in one direction. I preferably form a shoulder (11) on each standard which shoulder enages the guide (2) to support the arm at t e proper height above the base plate.

The outer end of the arm (7) is provided with a cradle or hook (12) adapted to receive curtain poles of large size. In case curtain rods having apertures therethrough are employed the outer ends of the arms are receivable in such apertures.

It will be seen that I have provided a curtain pole and shade roller support which is simple in construction. The supports (7) can be removed when not in use without marring the appearance of'the adjustable support and it will be noticed also that the base plate is formed of a single pieceof mastandard adapted to engage one of the guides to limit the movement or the standard in one direction.

adjustable support for shade rollers comprising a smooth base plate, guides on the plate, a curtain fixture, the root ofwhich is overlapped by the guides and rests against the smooth base plr :e, a set screw carried by the foot and adapted to bind against the surface of the base plate, the guides having I alined apertures", a curtain pole support, one

end of which is received in the apertures and 2 a shoulder located intermediate the ends or" the curtain pole support, the shoulder adapted to engage one of the guides to limit the movement of the curtain pole support in one direction. 3

3. The combination with a base plate having guides, of a curtain fixture adjustably received between the guides, the guides having alined apertures formed there n, a curtain pole support, the standard 01' which is re- 3 ceived in the alined apertures in front of the base plate, and a shoulder on the standard adapted to engage one of the guides to limit the movement or the standard in one direction.

in testimony whereof, I afiix nay-signature in presence or two witnesses.

. WlliLilAM J. WINAS. I

Witnesses; A

J. u. BENNETT, RALPH b. l/VARFIELD. 

